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Managers see ASX at 5500 this year

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Jamie Nicol, chief investment officer, Dalton Nicol Reid. Shane Oliver, director of investment strategy and chief economist, AMP, also believes that the market is attractively valued. Oliver has estimated returns in the mid teens during the course of ...

Investec fund doubles portfolio in 12 months

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... aircraft within its first three years. IGAF's aircraft portfolio has been funded with capital from new investors, including AMP Capital's Future Directions Fund, Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund, Health Industry Plan Superannuation ...

Yikes the ECB hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
The European Central Bank had lift off! There was hardly a ripple in financial markets when the central bank of the region with a single currency went ahead and raised interest rates last week. Darn straight Virginia, the ECB has just handed down its ...

AMP taking its time with planning business

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
AMP's merger with AXA brings around 3000 financial planners under the same roof - almost double the size of its nearest competitor. Merging the two entities for maximum returns is a task AMP is not rushing into. Craig Meller, Managing Director of AMP's ...

UBS in talks with small-caps team

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... Morningstar, the Small Caps team had $402.9 million in funds under management as at December 31, including money outsourced from AMP capital investors. This month, UBS also lost key banker Jeff Emmanuel who left to become vice chairman at CITI's Australian ...

Roadmap to life insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... life cover rather then churning and cannabilising our existing clients," said Summerhayes. Craig Meller, managing director, AMP Financial Services, said changing the consumer mindset towards the deferred beneficial element of life insurance was one of ...

AMP denies NZ takeover intentions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
AMP has distanced itself from takeover talk surrounding New Zealand company, Skellerup, after the merger with AXA pushed its holdings above 20 per cent. Through the merger with AXA, AMP has acquired a number of New Zealand assets including holdings ...

FirstChoice launches nine new options

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... Markets, Colonial First State Global Soft Commodity, Zurich Investment Global Thematic Share, Blackrock Asset Allocation Alpha, AMP Capital Global Property Securities, Ironbark Karara Australian Share, Solaris Core Australian and FirstRate Investment ...

North opens Bluedoor to bright future

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... About 2600 financial advisers will be using the technology through the North platform, offered by the newly merged AXA and AMP. Mark Cassar, executive director product development for DST Global Solutions, the company that created Bluedoor, said the ...

Mental health an insurance issue

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... planners polled in a recent survey saw clients with a history of mental illness gain access to income protection insurance, AMP said today. Of the 189 financial planners who responded to the AMP Planner Protection Poll, just 35 per cent said clients ...